On sob, 2017-04-22 at 22:38 +0300, Mart Raudsepp wrote:
> I do not believe that DESCRIPTION should have a dot in the end, because
> that takes away from this precious nonsensical 80 characters limit,
> making it 79 instead. On that note, I believe the limit should be
> raised to at least 100 characters.
> 
> Oh wait, weren't you going to title this about period mark at the end
> of DESCRIPTION...?

Proper sentences end (those with a subject noun and a verb) with a full
stop. The other thingies (sorry, don't know the English name for it) do
not. Simple as that.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny